Bottle-holder



C. FLANNERY.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-4, I920.

W I WK? Patented June 7, 1921.

' a citizen of the United States, residin UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CATHERINE FLANNERY, O-F HORNELL, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE-HOLDER.

' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for holding and protecting liquidcontainers, more particularly nursing bottles, and has for one of itsobjects to simplify and improve the construction and increase theefiiciency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to produce a device of this characterwherein the liquid contentsare protected from the influence of theoutside air and the heat there-.

by retained.

Another object of the invention is to produce a device of this characterwherein means are provided for holding the con tainer from beinoverturned.

With these an other objects in view, the" invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment ofthe invention. 7

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation.Fig. 3 is a transverse section on-the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. v

Fig. 4 is a vertical section on a-reduced scale illustratingmodifications in the con struction. a

' The improved device comprises an envelop or casing of rubber, rubbercloth, or the like and open atone end and including the body or sides 10and bottom 11.

Surrounding the rim or 0 en end of the envelop is an enlarged ban 12which not only reinforces and strengthens the envelop, but also causesthe envelop to hug or enga e the container more closely. Fxtending inadvance of. he bottom 11 is a flange'or annular base '13 whereby aSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented June '3, 1921.

Application filed August 4, 1920. Serial No. 401,138.

chamber is produced next to the bottom 11 .in which a partial vacuum maybe produced when the envelop is pressed upon a support,

to hold the container from being easily over- 9 turned.

-The sides 10 of the envelop are preferably 7 ribbed or corrugatedasshown at 14, to remforce and strengthen the envelop, but likewise toproduce an uneven contour to pre- The envelops may also be of any sizeor design and may be ornamented to any required extent.

The improved device may be adapted without material structural change tocontainers of various forms, for instance to a bottle having a reducedneck, as shown in Fig. 4, and constructed without the depending flange13, as. shown in the same figure.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawingsand set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that anymodifications within the scope of the claims may be made in theconstruction without departing from the principle of the invention orsacrificing any of its advantages.

1 What I claim is:'

1. A bottle holder comprising anenvelop of flexible materal open at oneend and hav- MRS. CATHERINE FLANNER1Y.

